Yawanna McDonald
Yawanna’s practice focuses on litigating commercial matters, shareholder disputes (including claims related to fiduciary duties of corporate officers and directors), and other business disputes. Yawanna also represents clients in probate, trust, and other fiduciary disputes and litigation. In her trust and estate litigation practice, Yawanna’s clients include beneficiaries, personal representatives, trustees, and other fiduciaries in contested guardianships and conservatorships, and in postmortem challenges to the validity of wills, trusts, deeds, beneficiary designations, and lifetime transfers. Yawanna is passionate about navigating complex matters to help clients achieve a successful resolution. Throughout her career, Yawanna has remained active in her community by volunteering her time to various organizations, including the YWCA.
Most recently, Yawanna has:
Won a jury verdict in favor of a property-owner against municipality in a condemnation/eminent domain action.
Recovered funds for an estate involved in a FINRA proceeding.
Litigated and recovered trust assets for a beneficiary.
Won a complete summary judgment for a claim of breach of fiduciary duty for trustee against a beneficiary.
Prosecuted and defended claims arising from wills and testamentary trusts, including undue influence and lack of capacity.
Successfully represented businesses and individuals in contract and business disputes.
Successfully represented personal representatives and executors in estate administration and probate matters.
Won a complete summary judgment for a defendant in breach of privacy claim.
Successfully represented grandparents seeking grandparent visitation rights.
Practice Areas
Business torts, Corporate Litigation, and Trial
Estate and Probate Administration
Arbitration
Bar Admissions
Alabama, 2013
Mississippi, 2015
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
Recognitions
2021 Mid-South Rising Star in Business Litigation
2020 B-Metro Top Women Attorneys
2020 Mid-South Rising Star in Business Litigation
2019 Mid-South Rising Star in Business Litigation
2019 B-Metro Top Women Attorneys
2019 B-Metro Magazine Stars of The Bar
2018 B-Metro Magazine Top Woman Attorney
2018 Featured in Attorney At Law Magazine
2016 Class of Birmingham Bar Association Leaders Forum
Affiliations
Alabama Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association
Birmingham Bar Association, CLE Committee
American Bar Association, Litigation and Probate Sections
YWCA Junior Board Member
Cumberland School of Law Alumni Admission Board Member
General Vice Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, And Resources’ Forest Resources Committee, 2012-2013
Troop Leader, Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama
2017-2019 YWCA Junior Board Kids Korner Co-Chair
2020 YWCA Junior Board President
Yawanna McDonald
yawanna@campbellpartnerslaw.com
Phone: (205) 224-0756
Fax: (205) 656-2563
Paralegal · Ashley Brown
ashley@campbellpartnerslaw.com
Phone: (205) 224-0757
Fax: (205) 656-2570